1925-1931? Exhibit Lou Gehrig Rookie Card!!! W/Strip

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Tenney

I have done my homework and have had it verified be separate independent sources I trust that say this card was made and printed on paper from the 1920's. The print pattern and certain marks on the card match that of the exhibit post card.

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I think in the long run you will find you made mistakes on this. I am with Peter in that it is not going to be real. Again, I have been wrong before but I will be really surprised if this turns out real. I have handled a ton of reprints and fakes and that one looks almost exactly like the ones I have handled. Not that they will know (due to what we have seen recently) but send it to a TPG and see what they say. I would send it to BVG for the best answer . I can help with that if you are interested....a PM would be best. But regardless good luck with it. I hope it is real for your sake...

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think in the long run you will find you made mistakes on this. I am with Peter in that it is not going to be real. Again, I have been wrong before but I will be really surprised if this turns out real. I have handled a ton of reprints and fakes and that one looks almost exactly like the ones I have handled. Not that they will know (due to what we have seen recently) but send it to a TPG and see what they say. I would send it to BVG for the best answer . I can help with that if you are interested....a PM would be best. But regardless good luck with it. I hope it is real for your sake...

And if all else fails you can parade it from one media outlet to the next claiming it's real and worth millions despite the opinions of numerous "experts" who have decades of hobby experience as well as TPG'ers (for all that's worth) who say it's fake!

[Snapolit1]

Best of luck. Convinced me. Those unnamed independent sources get me every time.

[RCMcKenzie]

What does it have on the back? Does that say "Ithaca, New York"? What are the dimensions? Why are you calling it a "strip card"? Here's one from an old H&S auction...Yours looks to have a tint to it. It may be the scan...

[kevinlenane]

Eh, I don't think I've ever seen an "exhibit strip card" - but I've seen lots of trimmed ones. FWIW I think these came single out of a machine - not sure there is a history of hand-cut or strip exhibit cards given how they were delivered. Anyone have an example of a gigantic strip of uncut exhibit cards? Would be first for me.

[glchen]

It's a reprint/fake. Artificial ageing for the cardstock, typewriter print on the back. I've seen too many of these type of fakes on ebay.

[Jobu]

+1 --- Gary is spot on, this is 100% a fake.

Originally Posted by glchen

It's a reprint/fake. Artificial ageing for the cardstock, typewriter print on the back. I've seen too many of these type of fakes on ebay.

[steve B]

Paper from the 1920's is easy to find, and most will go through a printer just fine.
There also isn't much difference in paper from say 1880 till the late 1940's

[ctownboy]

Oh boy, not another "the paper was tested by experts" story....

David